Artificial fur



June 9, 11931. G, RMANE 1,809,356

ARTIFICIAL FUR Filed Feb. v24, 1928 www.

lPatented June 9,y 1.931

g UNITED STATES lfAiflezlar .OFFICE "GEORGES ROMANE, OF ST. MANDE, FRANCE ARTIFICIAL FUR.

Application mea Fehruary 24, 1928, seriaiNo. 256,678, and` in France May 19, i927.

The present invention hasfor its object the provision of an'improved product which will imitate furs in generaland -moreparticularly those characterized by irregularities in the length, texture or arrangement of the hairs, rsuch as, for example, monkey, n y

- "loops This thread. comprises a core fc skunk, fox, mink, etc.

This product is obtained by manufacturing in any suitablepway, as by knitting, weaving, crocheting, etc., either by hand or by machine, a fabric formed of, or comprising, loops or small rings of any suitable shape, size and arrangement. The loops or rings (hereinafter merely 1' termed L loops). are subjected to ak scratching,

scraping,l combing, carding, or like opera`v tion, which is subsequently vreferred tov simply as carding, without, however, severing them, so that'the fibers or hairs will be straightened `out little bylittle by being caused to slide over one another, in the case of fibers having sufficient resistance for that purpose, or will be snapped olf at different 'ous character.

Vof which would not have been cut.

lengths if theypare frail or are of continu- In order to obtain imitations of certain furs, suchv'as beaver, Mongolian goat, mouflon, etc., characterized by more or less marked curls or wavings, the fabricmaybe constituted by threads of the type known as looped, representing a chenille, the fibers looped threads arev subjected, asv above stated, to a carding or analogous treatment, previous to which a clean severing may be effected. Goffered, waved or curled threads can also'be used to form the loops, f as well as ordinary threadswhich, after the f loops have been formed -andthen opened,`

can be subjected to goffering, waving,` curling l and similar treatments. Ordinary threads can, moreover, be mixed with any of the above-described special threads; and l in any case the looped' fabric `can be applied to a suitable backing of fabric, skin or other material, and can undergo watering, goffei'- ing or .other operations of like character for ornamental purposes, `as welly as dyeing,

glossing, etc., either before or after its l application to the backing.

Vward the loops are opened inthe same way These thread Z) which can be utilized, to form the around which the loopsproper are yspirally arranged, and to which they are connected; in which respect they are distinguished from ordinary looped threads which, notbeing held by a core, rresume their rectilinear form so soon as a certain traction is exerted on them, whereas the presence of the core pre- Vents the loops from straightening out.V

The threadv thus formed is madek into a loop and then fastened to a weft thread Z .por

other support, as inthe first case; and after- ,y

as before.

I claimas my invention: An mutation fur, comprising va support having carded looped threads attached Y i Y thereto, each such thread itself 'embodying a multitude of small loops connected toa core..

In testimony whereof I aflix mysignature.

GEORGES RoMiiNnk i 

